Interactive Data Visualization for the Web - E-book - Multi-format

Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the Web-even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development. It's easy and fun with this practical, hands-on introduction. Author Scott Murray teaches you the fundamental concepts and methods of D3, a JavaScript library that lets you express data visually in a web browser. Along the way, you'll expand your web programming skills, using tools such as HTML and JavaScript. This step-by-step guide is ideal whether you're a designer or visual artist with no programming experience, a reporter exploring the new frontier of data journalism, or anyone who wants to visualize and share data. - Learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SVG basics - Dynamically generate web page elements from your data-and choose visual encoding rules to style them - Create bar charts, scatter plots, pie charts, stacked bar charts, and force-directed layouts - Use smooth, animated transitions to show changes in your data - Introduce interactivity to help users explore data through different views - Create customized geographic maps with data - Explore hands-on with downloadable code and over 100 examples